>>208234
>>Check out the station's job board. It's the simplest way of finding work.

A good place to earn some credits first.

>>208234
>>Check out the station's job board. It's the simplest way of finding work.

>>208234
>Check out the station's job board. It's the simplest way of finding work.

>>208316
>>208346
>>208382


Alright we got three people and a consensus.

Writing...

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>>208385
You find a quiet nook and patch yourself into the station's wireless public data network. After a bit of browsing you bring up the communal job board on your helmet's HUD. Let's see...

>Extra personnel wanted for archaeological expedition, food and board provided, no experience required, all training given on site.

>Mantian Princess seeks male escort to accompany her to friend's pre-betrothal party.

>Night Custodian required to guard top secret gene lab. All equipment provided, must be of pure mind.

>Ship Captain seeks butler. Contact Captain Antinov.

There are more jobs but you seem woefully under qualified for them.

What will you choose?

>>208469
>Night custodian

>>208469
>>Mantian Princess seeks male escort to accompany her to friend's pre-betrothal party.

That look interesting. Let see if we can handle it.

>>208469

> Space Indiana Jones

> Waifu Thief: Princess Bride Edition

> Lewd Lab Attendant

> *Something Witty, but Fuck You*

I vote for archaeology, or princess protection detail. Hopefully we won't just get ourselves killed immediately.

>>208469
Extra or Custodian. I feel our lack of social skills will hurt the other jobs. Granted the Mantian could maybe be the same.

Rolled 2, 1 = 3 (2d2)

>>208506
>>208509
Don't be indecisive guys. I'm gonna roll some d2s to resolve your choices then tally the votes.

So we got:

>>208480
Night Custodian

>>208486
>>208506
Princess

>>208509
Expedition

Princess it is.

Writing...

>>208526
There's some good picks it's hard to not be indecisive.

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You blush underneath your helmet as you consider being an escort for the Mantian Princess. You've never had the guts to approach anyone intimately before, the fear of rejection was just too much. But this time it was just a job... and she was an alien anyway... so it should be fine... right?

-----

After responding to the ad you meet up with the Princess at one of the other shuttle bays. She is an insectoid creature that stands up-right on two legs with four sets of gangly arms. Her entire body is covered in natural form fitting chitin that gives the suggestion of feminine curves. She looks you over with her compound eyes and clicks her mandibles in dissapproval.

"Are you my escort?" your suit helmet translates the Mantian's chittering dialect.

Oh man, you're feeling anxious already and struggle to form a reply, fortunately your Byowear interaction module has you covered.

"I'm Tim Helium, and you are my favourite Mantian on Karkand."

"By Collective you are bad at this. You're not even a Mantian! Ugh, never mind, just put this suit on and follow my lead."

The Princess hands you a large case containing another space suit. You relectantly scurry off into the public restroom to change.

-----

Your new suit is... exotic to say the least. Fortunatley it seems compatible with your old helmet modules so your HUD more or less looks the same.

You got: The BUG SUIT
>New abilities gained:
>Bug Wings: Enables limited flight within atmospheric conditions, cannot fly while carrying another person.
>Jelly Dispenser: The suit has chest mounted jelly synthesizers. You can now produce orbs of sweet nutritious jelly that are edible to most life forms but esspecially loved by insectoid races.

-----

You exit the bathroom looking- you assume- quite attractive to insectoids. The Princess tilts her head and lets out the racial equivalent of a sigh.

"It'll have to do, now come on, you took your time dressing up and now we're gonna be late."

You're not sure you like your client. Your interaction module prepares some responses accordingly.

>"Well EXCUUUUUUUSE ME Princess!"
>"It's not my fault you couldn't find another Mantian."
Paragon Action
Renegade Action

>Write in

>>208656
>"Well EXCUUUUUUUSE ME Princess!"

>>208656
>Paragon Action

>>208656
>Paragon Action
I assume this first line is this. Mainly want us to get a good rep for the job.

>>208656
>Paragon Action
We is professional

>>208656
>>208722

Agreed, we need to get a good reputation going.

>>208722
Paragon actions and Renegade actions are separate responses to the actual dialog, they usually involve performing some kind of spontaneous action instead of speaking (but not always.)

But what exactly will you do when you take one of these actions? Well, pick one and find out, that's part of the fun!

But for those of you who don't get the reference paragon actions are generally nice, considerate and selfless while renegadeactions are generally assertive, likely dickish and sometimes even violent.

>>208686
>"Well EXCUUUUUUUSE ME Princess!"

>>208689
>>208722
>>208737
>>208745
>Paragon Action

Okay, we'll take a paragon action. This might take a while cause I need to make a shoop as well as write.

>>208748
>renegadeactions are generally assertive, likely dickish and sometimes even violent.
Paragon over Renegade any time of the week. I'd rather play a Lawful good character whom inspires hope into others and making the hard choices than an Anti-Hero who gets the job done, no matter the cost to others. That's just me though.

>>208770
I feel ya. Yet there will be times where I will be a dick, usually when it's worth it.

>>208763
Just writing in to say I'm not dead. This is just taking a while...

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In the end I decided to use this picture of a mantis instead of making a shoop

Despite her attitude you think you can sympathize with the Princess. The poor girl-bug-alien-person didn't want to feel like a loser in front of her friends especially when one of them was about to get hitched.

Stepping forward you stroke her shoulder before letting your hand fall down to clasp hers. She stares at you quizzically as you delicately lift her hand and lead her towards the transport shuttle. Understanding your intention she inclines her head slightly and allows you to lead.

"That's more like it, maybe there's hope yet."

-----

The shuttle takes you down to a nearby planet where the surface seems to be dotted with what look like enormous spiraling cartoon turds. You are about to ask the Princess about this when you realize that these are all Mantian hives and wisely refrain from commenting.

The shuttle touches down on a landing pad built into one of the hive super structures. You exit the shuttle and help the Princess down the boarding ramp in an unnecessary but gentlemanly fashion.

"Thank you but I'll take it from here. Follow me and make sure to stay two steps behind me. Keep your eyes on where we're going, don't look clueless and what ever you do, don't stare at my abdomen!"

That sounds simple enough.

The Princess leads you deeper into the hive. The lighting is dim with weak biolumenscent orbs lighting the way. Instead of signs there were pheromone trails that gave directions and designated the purpose of certain areas. You would be incapable of perceiving them yourself but the helmet on your bug suit can read the trails and displays rough "translations" on your HUD.

>cont

Soon?

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>>209063

Presently you come upon a large communal chamber. Other Princesses are gathered within along with what you assume are their male companions. Even in your bug suit it's obvious that you are not a Mantian, you notice the other princesses giving you odd stares.

Your Princess exchanges the traditional high level formal greeting of locking mouth parts with the host and regurgitating surplus food from her sharing stomach. You blush at how... intimate the whole thing looks. Good thing you are wearing the suit.

After the formalities are exchanged you are directed to sit in a circle with the others. The other princesses are reclined on various spongey seats with their males either serving them food stuffs or massaging them. Your Princess directs you to sit down and then promptly sits on your lap. She seems so small and delicate compared to you in your bulky suit.

You groom the Princess's antennae as the assembled guests engage in small talk. The other guests offer platitudes and congratulations on the host's imminent betrothal and subsequent ascension to queendom.

"I can't believe you're becoming a queen Plikkisa! But won't it be a hassle, becoming enormous and spawning larvae all day? I couldn't imagine settling down and starting a hive." says your Princess.

"I wouldn't worry about it Silika, it's not like it's something you'll ever have to deal with."

You could swear that the temperature in the room suddenly dropped.

"What!? What are you implying!?"

"How do I put this delicately... you're undesirable. You couldn't even find another Mantian to be your date I don't know what species you stuffed into that suit but I doubt they find you attractive."

Your Princess, Silika is trembling now. She gets up clenching all four of her taloned hands. For a moment it looks like she's going to leap at Plikkisa, instead she abruptly engages her wings and flys out of of the chamber. You are left surrounded by the rest of the Mantians whose eyes have turned to you. You have no idea how to respond to this. Fortunately your interaction module has some helpful options.

>Admonish Plikkisa: "That was mean! That thing you said... was a mean thing and you should feel bad!"
>Go after Silika.
>This is awkward, let's just get out of here.
Renegade Action

>Write-in

Aaaand there's your waifu, enjoy... or don't

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>>209080
>Renegade Action
I'm a weak man when it comes to this shit...

>>209080
Wow, she a bitch.

>Go after Silika.
We are no the best, but we see the job all the way.

>>209108
I know, right. Yet I think it's not our place.

>>209080
Would also be cool if we knew what the Renegade and Paragon actions entailed, unless you want them to stay hidden for suspense?

>>209112
Fair enough, but I'll stick with my vote. Let's see what happens.

>>209115
>>208748
They are purposefully hidden. Finding out what exactly they entail is part of the fun. Sometimes it may be obvious, sometimes not.

Last time I ran this a paragon action ended up having the MC give someone a blow job.

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>209108
>>209115

Welp looks like we have to tie break. Rollin my d2

>>209236
The dice gawds have spoken.

Go after Silika it is.

Writing...

>>209264
I suppose it is the more noble choice after all.

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After a few seconds of awkward silence you wordlessly stand up and walk out the room. The rest of the Mantians pay you no further mind and resume their conversation. You figure that you should probably find your client, at the very least you needed to finish the job and collect your pay.

There was no trace of Silika's passage but if she was anything like a human female you probably knew where she was gonna go. After consulting your HUD you follow the pheromone trail leading you the Mantian equivalent of a toilet. Sure enough there was Silika curled in a corner, with her four arms wrapped around herself making a low buzzing sound that sounded like someone was half heartedly playing a kazoo. Your language module simply translated this as: ":("

Your own anxiety makes you indecisive. You just don't know how to handle these alien feels. Your interaction module does though.

>"Oh mah gerd, like, that Plikkisa is such bitch! She is so fugly."
>"Are my services still required?"
>"You are beautiful, no matter what they say, words can't bring you down."

Okay maybe your interaction module didn't know how to handle this. You could always use your own words, but then you'd have to overcome your crippling social anxiety.

>write-in

Then again there were always other options:

Paragon Option
Renegade Option

>>209387
>Renegade Option
Hoping for a good, assertive action.

>>209387
I fucking love the first one.

"Hey Silika you are still my favorite Mantian. Even if your friends don't think so. How about we leave this place and go some where with better company?"

Hoping a bit of call back will humor her.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>209436
>>209465

I guess it's just you two now.

Rolling my d2 and writing.

>>209537
Probably and with /qst/ being a slow board it doesn't help much in gaining more people.

>>209556
Eh, on average I had the same amount of people when I ran the first one on /tg

>>209569

Nah, you have three. Just lurking a bit since I've got caught up in something.

Also, voting for the anon's attempt at humor.

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Right now you decided that you couldn't be assed to deal with Silika's feelings. The client wasn't feeling pretty, there was a simple and direct way to remedy that. Following your suit's prompts you grab Silika by the arm and haul her to her feet. You grab her abdomen with your other hand and give it a good squeeze.

"T-Tim, what are you!?"

You press your helmet against her face, artificial mandibles engage with hers in a simulacrum of a kiss. You're holding her tight now, arms wrapped around her and pressing her body against yours. She struggles at first but slowly stops resisting, but she doesn't seem to be embracing it either. Ending the 'kiss' you stare into her sad alien eyes for a long moment before reading off some more dialog from your interaction module.

"Isn't this what you wanted? Were you not going to ask this service of me after the party was over? Well I think you need it now.."

You run your hands over her carapace as her voice quivers.

"I-idiot! I know I asked for an escort, but that doesn't mean I wanted THAT kind of service."

"Well do you not?"

She looks away as your hand brushes her antenae, but doesn't reply.

Before you can do anything else a tremor runs through the hive, then another one. There is a radical change in the pheromone clouds within the hive's tunnels. Your helmet translates this as a state of emergency. You take Silika with you and head out into the corridor. Mantians of every caste are scurrying past you.

An explosion causes the roof to collapse in front of you and you narrowly avoid being buried under rubble. The opening provides you with a view to the sky. You can see the shapes of starships in low orbit as they bombard the hives and disgorge scores of dropships into the surrounding landscape.

...Well Shit.

((That's it for now. I'll stay for some Q&A before heading to bed.))

>>209709
Not much for questions on my end. Just let me know when the next run is and I will try to be there.

>>209709
Let me just start off with a statement of intent. Space Suit quest is not meant to be a one shot at worst and a short quest at best. The whole idea behind the quest was just to have a bit of fun while maintaining a semi-coherent story line.

The fact that /qst has a larger bump limit and slower pace means I may even conclude the quest in the same quest.

At the end of the day I hope you guys all had fun participating and sorry for the long response times.

>>209744
Typo *Space Suit quest IS meant to be a one shot at worst and a short quest at best.

>>209744
I'll be back again at 8pm GMT on Wednesday, which may or may not be today for you.

>>209748
Thats a shame I'm late to the party but I'm loving what I'm reading so far, I'd love to see more installments of this where we go on more quests as this guy. I wouldn't even say it needs an overarching story more than just "Tim makes a living in space and slowly overcomes crippling anxiety but not by much", I'm really digging your QMing style and the way the choices actually integrate in a kinda meta-way is a nice touch too

>>209748
Tim is my new hero. Need moar

>>209709
>Q&A
Any original alien races or?

>>209789
moar you say?

What if I told you that Tim was not the first http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/41751553/

>>209795
I kinda just make up the aliens on the fly based on what would be the most amusing. As a result they may not seem very original or well thought out. I was debating on how much I wanted to anthromorphise the Mantians.

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>>209809
They seem pretty anthropomorphic, they behave pretty human when it comes to sexual competition anyways. Normally among social insects one juvenile queen would end up killing off or forcefully subordinating her sisters instead of just sparring with them verbally, or the colony's workers would decide on a queen and kill off her competitors.

>>210265
There's that, but it was more a case of do I want to anthromorphize Silika to the point where she could be your waifu or just say that the MC is manwhoring for a literal giant bug.

...like I said, not very well thought out.

Anyway I am back and we shall now continue.

Writing...

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This is not what you signed up for. You were meant to be arm candy for an alien, now you were in the middle of a warzone. You take stock of the situation, the hive was in a state of emergency; the pheromone trails that previously directed you to various different chambers had been replaced by overriding command scents that corresponded to the different castes.

According to your HUD the warriors and workers were being directed to the outer chambers while the royal caste were being moved deeper underground. You would almost certainly be safer deeper within the hive, at least in the short term but if the invaders broke through the outer defenses and stormed the lower levels there might not be anywhere left to run.

Alternatively you could try to get outside, that was certainly more dangerous but there was a slim chance you could find a way to get off world and escape.

>Try to escape the hive
>Head deeper underground

Silika was trembling next to you all four of her arms clinging to the faux chitin of your suit.

>Take her with you.
>Leave her behind, you cannot afford to have her slow you down.

>>211336
>Try to escape the hive
>Take her with you

Also, welcome back!

>>211336
>>Try to escape the hive
>>Take her with you

It look safer to head deeper but problem it become harder to escape if invader finally break through.

I prefer to see Silika as anime bug girl than realistic bug girl....

>>211336
>Try to escape the hive
>Take her with you
Silika a cute

>>211352
>>211405
>>211432

Unanimous decision to save the princess.

Writing...

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You start moving towards the surface of the hive, workers and warriors rush past you, some give you incredulous looks when they see you are taking a member of the royal caste towards the fighting. They do not challenge you though; assuming that you are acting on Silika's orders and none of them would presume to question the will of a Princess.

"T-Tim shouldn't we be going deeper into the hive?"

"We need to get you off the planet, whoever these guys are they look like they came prepared to crack this place open, you won't be safe for long down in the shelters."

After navigating some more broken tunnels you finally reach the landing pad where you arrived in your shuttle. The area has suffered heavy bombardment, the pad itself looks like it's about to collapse while the shuttle has been destroyed.

Now that you're outside you have a much better view of the surrounding area. Much of the hive's outer surface had been damaged by orbital bombardment, at the base you could dropships disgorging enemy troops. The Mantian warrior caste was fighting back but struggled to form a solid defensive line. There was a large fleet of warships in the sky, you couldn't tell what faction they belonged to but they looked like human designs. One in particular had descended over this hive and was supporting the ground advance with precision strikes.

>Head to the base of the hive and try to hijack a dropship
>You have to do something about that warship.

>>211531
>You have to do something about that warship.
What could go wrong?

>>211531

>>211531
>>You have to do something about that warship.

Even we hijack the dropship, it is high chance that we got blown by a warship.

Try to see if we can get hold on artillery to take down the warship beforer we hijack the dropship.

>>211531
>Head to the base of the hive and try to hijack a dropship

>>211547
>>211550
>Do something about the warship

>>211563
>Hijack a dropship

Let's do something about that warship.

Writing...

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You turn to Silika

"We're not gonna be able to escape while that warship is in the sky, does the hive have anything that can shoot it down?"

"Most developed Mantian colonies have specialized warriors that are basically living plasma cannons."

"Why aren't those being used?"

"Well they're kept in hibernation during peace time, it takes a while to rouse them from their slumber."

"That sounds stupid! How are you supposed to repel a surprise invasion then!?"

She just shrugs unhelpfully.

"Fine, does this hive have such warriors and where would they be kept?"

"Usually in hardened chambers just below the top of the hive."

You look upward and behind you; the top of the hive has suffered heavy damage from the bombardment but so far the invaders don't seem to be paying it any more attention, focusing on storming the base instead. Making sure to keep Silika close by you rush back inside and begin to ascend the higher chambers.

-----

Eventually you reach a large room where a dozen workers surround what looks like an enormous bloated beetle. Many of them are busy poking the beetle with sticks while some are making high pitched buzzing noises at what you assume is it's head. The beetle for the most part just seems to lie there, occasionally rolling over languidly, causing the workers to scatter lest they be crushed.

"Is that a plasma cannon warrior?" you ask Silika

"Yes, the workers are in the process of rousing it, it usually takes a day of constant pestering to fully awaken them."

You don't have a day! You need to wake this lazy bastard up right the fuck now!

Roll a d100 whatever you do
>Grab a stick and start poking.
>Attempt to tickle it.
>Go up to it's head, crank your helmet speaker up to 11 and put on some death metal.

Or dare you try...
Renegade Action

Rolled 1 (1d100)

>>211699
>>Go up to it's head, crank your helmet speaker up to 11 and put on some death metal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owkeQXtT3ik

Rolled 68 (1d100)

>>211699
>>Go up to it's head, crank your helmet speaker up to 11 and put on some death metal.
Also make some food gel. Maybe it's huger will wake it faster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCUnhoe0rpU

>>211699
>>Go up to it's head, crank your helmet speaker up to 11 and put on some death metal.

>>211699
>Renegade Action
STOMP ON ITS HEAD!

>>211727
>>211731
>>211745
Death Metal in the ear

>>211783
Renegade

Alright lets crank up the music

Writing...

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You walk over to the plasma bug's head and blast a death metal track at it. This only seems to agitate it and it starts to roll around fitfully in it's sleep. The workers on the other hand find the music debilitatingly abrasive and clutch their heads in pain. As a result several are unable to get out of the way when the plasma bug rolls over again and end up getting crushed.

A glare from Silika makes you shut off the music and the plasma bug hugs itself contentedly now that the noise has stopped.

"Well I'm not sure what to do -"

You hear a roaring of engines and just barely manage to dive out the way as a quartet of drop pods smash through the already weakened ceiling and embed themselves in the chamber floor. The tops of the pods unfold and armour clad figures leap out guns blazing.

"Eat Freedom! Commie bugs!" yells one as he mows down a panicing worker with an assault rifle.

Oh great... you're starting to figure out who these guys might be... but first you need to deal with them.

No matter what roll 1d100 for your next action
>Throw jello at their faces.
>Get Silika to rally the drones.
>Bother the plasma bug and hope it rolls over the intruders.

>Write-in

Rolled 72 (1d100)

>>211918
>>Throw jello at their faces.
>Bother the plasma bug and hope it rolls over the intruders.
>Get Silika to rally the drones.
do all 3 but in this order?

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>211942
This.

Rolled 46 (1d100)

>>211918
>>Throw jello at their faces.
>>Get Silika to rally the drones.
We don't have a weapon so that's what we got. Hopefully with a princess they will fight hard.

>>211942
>>211946

Alright I'll let you tell Silika to rally the Drones but you can't throw jello and bother the plasma bug at the same time.

>>211918
FUCK, we're on the side of the commies? Shit, well, is it too late to get into our old armour and help kill the bugs?

>>211942
>>211946
>>211973
Alright I'm gonna parse all that as
>Throw Jello at their faces
and
>Get Silika to rally the workers.

>>212053
You left your old armour back on Karkand station. You're working for a race of faux social insects of course you're on the side of the commies.
What do you love more freedom or your waifu?

Writing...

>>212053
But eusocial insects/analogous ayylmaos aren't gommunidst, their behavior actually makes sense and gives their societies long term survivability because they don't pretend that they are equal to one another. They just do the job they were born into with complete selflessness and to the best of their ability.

>>212089
Try to explain that to the freedom loving guys with guns...

This gives me an idea.

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>>212084
This ain't my waifu, this is Tim's, I never mix my waifu's and the MC's waifuing, s' a matter of principal
>>212089
Well, that doesn't sound too commie. Sounds more like a functionist society. Not great, but better. As long as we aren't ACTUALLY commie and its a misunderstanding then the bugs can live, but I value freedom highest of all.

Better dead than red, fellas.

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Since you're unarmed there isn't much you can do to actually attack the soldiers.

"Silika! Tell the workers to swarm them while I cause a distraction."

Pulling back one of your pec plates you remove a jello orb from it's dispenser and hurl it at the head of one of the nearby soldiers. The orb splatters on his face plate and he goes down screaming.

"Auuugh! It's on my face! It's eating through my helmet!"

One of the other soldiers pulls a pistol out and points it at the downed invader.

"Forgive me Jerry, no man should die like that."

"...waita minute I don't think is-" BLAM!

"God damn bugs."

With an imperious hiss Silika incites the workers to swarm the invaders. The panicing workers rally, their actions focussed under the will of a Royal. But after the incident with the plasma bug there are too few of them to successfully bring down even one of the soldiers and they are downed by concentrated gunfire.

"That one is directing the swarm! Kill it!"

The squad levels their guns at Silika.

>"Wait! Thesealiensaren'tcommunist!Theirbehavioractuallymakessenseandgivestheirsocietieslongterm survivabilitybecausetheydon'tpretendthattheyareequaltooneanother.Theyjustdothejobtheywerebornintowithcompleteselflessnessandtothebestoftheirability!" *GASP*
>Push Silika down (Roll1d100)

>Write-in

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>212196
>>"Wait! Thesealiensaren'tcommunist!Theirbehavioractuallymakessenseandgivestheirsocietieslongterm survivabilitybecausetheydon'tpretendthattheyareequaltooneanother.Theyjustdothejobtheywerebornintowithcompleteselflessnessandtothebestoftheirability!" *GASP*
I know I shouldn't need to roll, but we're blurting out a lot of info very fast at people with guns whose heads are tuned into 'shuttup and shoot' mode, so this is a roll for them to actually understand us

Rolled 40 (1d100)

>>212196
>>Push Silika down (Roll1d100)
>Write-in: Take off our helmet to reveal ourselves as humans and order them to stop with all the fake confidence we can muster.

Rolled 69 (1d100)

>>212213
I'll roll in support of this just to see if it can actually work.

>>212216
Tim can't do that! They have crippling social anxiety. Being in public without their suit on will cause them to have a debilitating panic attack!

Rolled 84 (1d100)

>>212196
>>Push Silika down (Roll1d100)
Dudes! They have apple pie. They aren't the commies your looking for.

Rolled 1 (1d2)

>>212213
>>212218

Reason with the Invaders

>>212216
>>212231
Push Silika down Be sure to take responsibility

Gonna have to roll a tie breaker.

Rollin and Writing.

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Time seems to slow as you rise from cover, you can see their fingers tightening on the triggers as the soldiers prepare to shoot Silika, you have to do something.

Jumping up from cover you take a deep breath and shout: "Wait! Thesealiensaren'tcommunist!Theirbehavioractuallymakessenseandgivestheirsocietieslongterm survivabilitybecausetheydon'tpretendthattheyareequaltooneanother.Theyjustdothejobtheywerebornintowithcompleteselflessnessandtothebestoftheirability!"

The invaders heads snap to you but they hold their fire.

"The bugs... aren't commies?" muses one. "Well this changes things."

"No it doesn't! They aren't a democracy either so they're still bad!"

"Wait-wait, hold up. Isn't the whole reason we were sent to fuck up this planet because it was full of communist bugs?"

"Well it's still full of bugs so that's good enough for me."

"Hey man that is racist! It's 2XXX that shit don't fly no mo."

"I think our government lied to us again."

"Our government doesn't lie! Every battle we fight, we fight for freedom!"

"Weeeell there was the Qari campaign."

"They had weapons of mass destruction!"

"No I'm pretty sure that one was about Hydrocarbons."

"Well what about the Tiawuk intervention?"

"Hydrocarbons again."

"The scouring of Aibara?"

"They had regressive government... that refused to sell us hydrocarbons."

"I'm sensing a pattern here..."

"Guys, do you think that maybe we're... the bad guys?"

The other two gasp and look at him in shock.

While the invaders are having this existential crisis you have an opportunity to:
>Quietly slip away with Silika
>Resolve this whole misunderstanding.
>Get the plasma bug to roll over and crush them.

>Write-in

>>212336
Write in!

>"Look, you guys aren't the bad guys, in reality nobody is the bad guys! but your government sounds kind of dodgy and maybe they lie a bit too much and it sounds like, just spitballing here, you could do with relieving some of the governments power back to the people so you're freer to make your own choices? That sounds good, right? More freedom? Yeah? We good here?"
sweating bullets and a nervous tone totally optional, but probably in-character for poor old Tim

>>212354
.... roll me a d100. Same goes for all write ins.

Rolled 36 (1d100)

>>212363
you got it, Suit

>>212365
Oh fuck, that looks like a failed roll

>>212336
>>Resolve this whole misunderstanding.

Rolled 55 (1d100)

>>212336
>>Resolve this whole misunderstanding.
Come on Charisma points.

>>212354
Write-in

>>212370
>>212421
>Resolve this whole misunderstanding.

Writing...

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Sensing an opening you decide to continue talking, carefully selecting words from your interaction module.

"Hey I know what you guys are, you're Mobile Space Marine Infantry from Uber-Earth. Aren't you supposed to be at war with the Arachnoids?"

The soldiers turn their attention back to you.

"Are you saying you're not an Arachnoid?"

"N-no, I'm a human in a bug suit and this is a Mantian planet."

"Wait... so this isn't Ceti Alpha Six?"

"This is Ceti-Alpha Five!"

"Oh...Ohhhhhhhh... shit."

One of the marines gets on their communicator clearly reporting to a superior.

"Uh sir I think we dun goofed...affirmative putting down a beacon."
He pulles out a small blinking cylinder and jams it into the ground before turning back to you sheepishly.

"So... yeah... really sorry about that... a dropship is on the way to pick us up so when that gets here we'll just... go."

Outside the sounds of battle subside a bit. The ground war continues but the fleet has ceased its bombardment.

((And that's it for tonight. I could continue this story for another session or two but I'm not sure I have the mojo. Anyway, tell me what you guys think. Regardless I gotta stop now, but I'll let you know if and when I'll continue this.))

>>212539
Great stuff man, I'll be looking forward the next part if there is one

>>212539
This is really good and I'd love another session!

>>212545
>>212577
Alright then guys. I'll be back here again to gives this quest a better conclusion on Friday 8:00pm GMT.

I'll still use this thread even if it's pas the auto sage limit since this board moves slowly. Plus It's unlikely to get past 150 posts before the quest is concluded at the rate we're going.

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YOU FUG THE PRINCESS IN HER BUG PARTS